An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)
Author
Kaila, Lauri
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-11
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1
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Stephensia staudingeri
Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen, 1981
Stephensia staudingeri
Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen, 1981: 245
. Type locality:
Greece
,
Rhodos
, Rodini.
Holotype
♂
, in ZMUC.
Distribution: Palearctic.
Greece
(Rhodos).
Larval host plant(s):
Origanum
sp. (
Lamiaceae
) (
Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen (1981)
.
Figs.:
Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen (1981)
.
Remarks: Specimens reported outside Rhodos and re-examined by the present author are all referable to
S. brunnichella
.
Parenti & Pizzolato (2014)
synonymized
S. staudingeri
with
S. brunnichella
without explanation. Examination of the
holotype
of
S. staudingeri
by the present author confirms the differences between these taxa given in the original description of
S. staudingeri
.
Therefore this synonymy is not followed here.